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8April-May 1953
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Shock SuspenStories #8

EC · April-May 1953 · on sale 1953-01-20

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Identification plate

Series
Shock SuspenStories (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#8
Publication date
April-May 1953
Key date
1953-04-00
On-sale date
1953-01-20
Indicia publisher
Tiny Tot Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Shock SuspenStoriescover1pencils: Al Feldstein; inks: Al Feldstein; colors: Marie Severin
1Piecemealcomic story8script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenSidney (a naturalist); Eric (villain, Sidney's brother, Sally's lover, death); Sally (villain, Sidney's wife, death)
2The Assault!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenMrs. Cartwright (Lucy's mother); Mr. Cartwright (Lucy's father); Hodges (town derelict, death); George (villain, Lucy's lover); Lucy Cartwright (villain, death)
3Suicidetext story1script: Al Feldsteinunnamed old man (janitor, death); Patterson (villain, death)
4Shock Talkletters page1letters: typeset
5The Arrivalcomic story6script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel; inks: Al Williamson, Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenGrozo (Martian); Zkorl (Martian); Spdork (Martian); unnamed Pharaoh of Egypt (flashback); Christopher Columbus (flashback); Napoleon Bonaparte (flashback); Thomas Edison (flashback); Orville Wright (flashback); Wilbur Wright (flashback)
6Seep No More!comic story7script: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein; pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Jim WrotenMrs. Monahan (Finner's landlady); Irene Lauton (actress, death); two unnamed detectives; Mr. Finner (villain, boarder)

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Shock Suspenstories #81994On eBay ›
Came the Dawn and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-546-4		2012On eBay ›
50 Girls 50 and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-577-8		2013On eBay ›
Aces High
ISBN 978-1-60699-784-0		2014On eBay ›
Forty Whacks and Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60699-862-5		2015On eBay ›
Shock Suspenstories #21981On eBay ›
The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories #2
ISBN 9781506721194		2022On eBay ›

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